GEG's Richard Nyiawung, a PhD student in Phil Loring's lab, has made two significant accomplishments this year!
First, Richard was awarded $12k from the Robin Rigby Trust for Community-focused Coastal Research, which will support his doctoral research in The Gambia.
Faisal Moola was recently interviewed by the CBC on the Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership, which is a 5 year program led by Faisal along with Robin Roth, Noella Gray, and Jen Silver.
The article provides a summary of the CRP, including efforts to decolonize conservation policy and practice by Indigenous Peoples. It highlights the work of our department and their Indigenous partners.
Research scientist Krishna KC along with Evan Fraser have captured headlines this week on the University webpage, the Globe and Mail, and CBC to name a few, with their research on climate change and the environmental affects of increased farmland. Read the University page here.
Prof Emeritus Robin Davidson-Arnott has been awarded the International Society for Aeolian Research Distinguished Career Award. Robin will be presented with this award at the ICAR-2020 meeting in Namibia this summer.
Mike Hilton writes "...you encapsulate all that is good about academia and aeolian geomorphology. You have been an inspiration to a generation (or two?) of geomorphologists..."
Congratulations Robin!
Faisal Moola recently published a commentary in the Vancouver Sun titled: "Inuit infants need access to medication to prevent respiratory illness".
Congratulations to doctoral graduate Erin Must (advisor: Roberta Hawkins) who has won the O.P. Dwivedi Graduate Prize for International Development. Erin's thesis title is "Women’s Cattle Ownership in Northwestern Botswana: 'Anything you bring up with your own hands will multiply'".
Kate Parizeau is featured in The Guelph Mercury today, discussing the pilot project she is involved in locally on food waste.
Read: "U of Guelph to run pilot project to tackle food waste concerns".
Doctoral candidate Abhi Kantamneni and a few friends have launched a new Guelph based social-enterprise - Royal City Stories - a new video series showcasing compelling stories of Guelph's 'everyday heroes' to inspire belonging and optimism in our community.
Their first season launched yesterday and fellow geographers may particularly like their first episode titled simply '#riverloot'. See https://youtu.be/VEeL-QYKpZo
I guess it was in the cards for Evan Fraser, who won gold at the Serious Play Board Games Competition for his card game, Feeding 9 Billion. Read about Evan's winning hand.